Atlantic City

The 51 candidates for Miss America 2019 were officially introduced to the public on Thursday at a ceremony in front of Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Recently a dozen former title holders have called for the resignation of current board of trustees chairwoman and former Miss America Gretchen Carlson. Cara …

One person has been killed during a hit and run accident on the Atlantic City Expressway Saturday night.  Police say a GMC Yukon struck and killed the pedestrian near milepost 5.7 in Atlantic County.  So far, the names of the victim and driver have not been released; the car was …

Casino earnings edged up during the second quarter in Atlantic City.  New gaming numbers show that the casinos had a combined operating profit of $171.4 million during the quarter.  The biggest loser appears to be the Borgata which saw its profit decline by over 20 percent.

A 27 year old Atlantic City man has received a prison term of 17 years for repeated sexual assaults against children.  Adan Otero received the long prison sentence for sexually assaulting four children, all under the age of ten years old.  The assaults took place in 2016.

State Senator Jeff Van Drew has penned a letter to the Director of New Jersey Transit in an attempt to keep the Atlantic City Rail Line open for business.  Van Drew told Director Kevin Corbett that there were many people who work in Atlantic City who depend on the rail …

Atlantic City Police have arrested two Atlantic County men on charges that they were selling bogus designer merchandise on the Atlantic City boardwalk.  Police announced that 35 year old Mohammad Usman of Egg Harbor Township and 32 year old Kashif Ansari of Atlantic City were charged with selling more than …

It’s air show week in Atlantic City.  The city will be hosting its annual “Thunder Over the Boardwalk” event on Wednesday which will draw nearly a half million people to the resort.  The show is visible from the entire length of the city’s beachfront.

Atlantic City will be the home of the American Fisheries Society Conference, starting next Monday.  New Jersey DEP Commissioner Catherine McCabe will be delivering welcoming remarks at the conference that will be attended by 1,800 fisheries professionals and scientists from around the world.

Massive problems with New Jersey Transit will be discussed in Trenton on Thursday.  Lawmakers will address various delays on northern New Jersey rail lines and the planned closures for the Atlantic City train station.  A joint hearing will be held in the legislature Thursday morning.

Congressman Frank LoBiondo will join Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam Thursday afternoon for the official ribbon cutting of the flood gate and pump station project at Fisherman’s Park.  The project was funded with federal dollars and will help prevent some flooding in sections of the city.